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Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:45:38 +0200
From: Alexey ORISHKO <alexey.orishko@...ricsson.com>
To: "Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@...ba.org>,
Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.name>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] TODO FLAG_POINTTOPOINT => FLAG_WWAN? usbnet/cdc_ncm:
mark ncm devices as "mobile broadband devices" with FLAG_WWAN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu]
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:58 AM
>
> > A follow-on to this is that if you really care about specific
> devices,
> > your application can use udev rules to "tag" specific interfaces
> based
> > on USB VID/PID/GUID or other device attributes, and check for those
> > tags in your program. Use udev (good) or netlink (good) or
> > SIOCGIFCONF (bad) to enumerate the various network interfaces on the
> > system and pick the
>
> I think Alexey's point was that the patch will hose up programs that
> currently do the netlink or SIOCGIFCONF thing and look for
> FLAG_POINTTOPOINT.
Just to clarify, I was objecting to renaming interface name mostly because
devices which use CDC NCM function might be something different from wwan
devices. I would prefer to keep a generic name of interface (usbX or ethX).
As an option anyone can use udev rules to set interface name they want
for their device based on VID/PID or MAC address or something else.
I've already provided udev rule example earlier in this thread.
Dan, is it in line with your statement?
/alexey
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